Interesting quote in the article linked to post #3 which states that E clear are in a "strong financial position".
Well of course they are
if all they do is take the cash off the clients and then take their time passing it on to the airline.
Parasites like this are probably at least partially responsible for the collapse of many companies, who have the plug pulled on them by the other bunch of parasites (the banks) who lose patience when the cash doesn't arrive in the account on time.
The "financial institutions" have a lot to answer for when it comes to collapses of otherwise perfectly solvent companies.
Spoken as a bitter ex Gill employee.